From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Slass Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Setting default font Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 18:06:39 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <3DD27087.7030902@hotmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1037211174 9895 80.91.224.249 (13 Nov 2002 18:12:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 18:12:54 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18C20R-0002Z5-00 for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2002 19:12:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18C21w-0001lW-00; Wed, 13 Nov 2002 13:14:24 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 17 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.228.27.239 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com Original-X-Trace: rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net 1037210799 12.228.27.239 (Wed, 13 Nov 2002 18:06:39 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 18:06:39 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:107005 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:3558 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:3558 John Smith writes: >I am using emacs 21 under X-Windows, and the default font for text is >rather small. I can change this under the Options/Mule menu. I select my >preferred font -- courier 14 -- and then try to Save these settings (under >the same Options menu). But the save doesn't save. The next time I start >up, I get the same microscopic font. Any suggestions? I would think there's >some line like set-default-font-courier 14 that I can put in my .emacs file. > >J. > search google groups for this article -- Mike Slass